Scott > wrote in
:
> In article >,
> (J.J. in WA) wrote:
>
>> Quite right, I meant to say "low-fat" peanut butter. My mistake...
>
> If you compare low-fat peanut butters to regular, though the fat
> content is lower, the actual caloric content is usually about the
> same--often exactly the same. E.g.,
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=325>
> <http://www.jif.com/products/details.asp?prodID=330>
>
> Reduced Fat Jif Creamy and Regular Jif Creamy. The regular has 16g of
> fat, the reduced fat has 12g of fat. But the reduced fat has 15g of
> carbs, the regular, 7g. Both have 190 calories.
>
My own version of "reduced fat" peanut butter is made by taking a jar of
Laura Scudder's or Smucker's natural peanut butter, allow it to separate
as much as possible, and disposing of all the oil. I suppose I could
calculate how much fat and calories have been removed by measuring the
oil, but I've never bothered. It has to be lower in both than if the
oil was mixed back in. The flavor doesn't suffer a bit, but it can be a
little bit dry.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
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